Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain the

legal team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia

this with lan standing behind her.

witnessed her clash

of Carlene, it seemed natural that she would

way. So after she hung up

a cigarette, his eyes red from the smoke and,

Maja slowly turned around to see him standing behind

cigarette elegantly, looking at

want to take down the Shepard family, but I won’t allow it. Not only will I keep

the power to do it,

was at a loss for words.

He was ruthless with his

rarely took action himself, but when

now

lan really did follow through, all her recent efforts would

she was nothing more than a moth struggling by his side.

over, grabbed her chin,

strong nicotine taste but rather a mild one. It must

felt uncomfortable, her eyes reddening from the

with a hint

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